That night, as soon as the king arrived at the banquet hall, he went directly to Elizabeth, pulled her out of the circle of ladies and dragged her aside.
The noble ladies looked at each other, and then started shouting at the same time.
After pulling Elizabeth aside, Wang immediately lifted the bell sleeves of her dress and confirmed that the defensive bracers were indeed on the girl's wrists.
Then he checked Elizabeth's skirt again to make sure she wasn't wearing a whalebone bustle.
Elizabeth lowered her voice and said: "What happened? Eleven of the twelve electors were present, and they also brought a bunch of nobles. My brother would not do anything on such an occasion. He could at most scare him with snakes at night Those who are hostile to him.”
Wang asked in a low voice: "Who are the hostile electors?"
Elizabeth whispered: "The one who is cutting the steak is Duke Milatheon. Next to her is her wife, who is a warlock like me, but with a higher level than me. Next to her is their family's court mage. There are people in this scene. Do you know how many mages there are? Everything will be fine."
Wang: "Keep telling me who else is hostile to your family."
Elizabeth could only continue: "The one holding the wine glass is the Duke of Vulture Valley. The Southwest War was fought on his territory. So he has a very close military connection with the emperor. Next to him is his wife, who is eating cheese. Their family's court mage.
"Then there is the Duke of Mountain Eagle. He also formed a friendship with the emperor during the Southwest War. His court mage is his wife. Then there is the Duke of River Valley. His court mage was killed by Xiaobai, so there is no mage following him now."
Wang nodded gently.
At this time he noticed Bruce looking over here. After meeting their gazes, Bruce grinned.
Then the Duke stood up and raised his wine glass: "Everyone! Now I propose that we raise a glass together to the hero who ended this war, the beloved disciple of the legendary Archmage, the great Mage King!"
Everyone stood up and raised their glasses.
Bruce continued: "Not only did he and his friends defuse the most dangerous offensive, he also personally captured the dog emperor who actually broke the rules!"
Most of the nobles raised their glasses and cheered together, but the king noticed that among the lords Elizabeth just named, only the Duke of the River Valley was raising their glasses and cheering, and the others only raised their glasses symbolically.
Wang lowered his head and asked in Elizabeth's ear: "Look at the electors who support your family. Do you think they are convinced by your second brother?"
Elizabeth also whispered: "Those dukes and their ladies are all old foxes, and I can't quite see through their thoughts. But I can see through the children they brought with them right away. They are very disdainful."
Wang: "I see, that's what I thought."
Elizabeth whispered, "No. It's too risky."
"Others think so too," Wang replied.
"Look!" Bruce said loudly, "Your Excellency the Archmage actually whispered to my sister in public! It seems that my warlock sister must marry into the Archmage Tower! I, Kusania, have established a marriage with the legendary Archmage's Mage Tower. After that, even Monrovia will not dare to look down upon us!”
This time, few echoed Bruce.
Suddenly, a young noble stepped forward and asked, "Is he really a disciple of the great mage? Is it just because he can transform into a dragon? The news I got is that he has a magical staff that allows him to transform into a dragon!" "
Wang: "That's true."
This turned many people off, and the young noble who asked the question also hesitated. At this moment, Elizabeth introduced in the king's ear: "That is the third son of Duke Luan, and Luan is our ally. "
Third Young Master Lu An continued to question: "Then you admit that you are a fake?"
Wang: "I don't see any logical relationship here. But I can prove my identity in a simple way."
After saying that, he took out the dimensional bag.
As soon as the dimensional bag came out, all the spell casters gasped, and among the non-spell casters, the well-informed dukes all became serious.
Wang introduced: "This is a gift from my uncle. It will come back to me at any time. Once someone takes possession of it in some way, such as killing me, the bag will return to my uncle. Then My uncle will come back with the demon army and destroy everyone who has hurt me."
Duke Luan's son had no idea how awesome this dimensional bag was. After all, he couldn't see the magic aura, and he wasn't as well-informed as his father.
Little Luan: "Humph, you are so ridiculous, but you can't die on the spot!"
At this time, Duke Luan stepped forward and slapped his son: "Insolent! How can you be so rude to the disciples of the legendary mage!"
Little Lu An covered his cheek, feeling extremely aggrieved.
Old Duke Luan turned around and raised his glass: "Your Excellency, I apologize to you on behalf of your traitor."
Wang: "It doesn't matter, I don't care."
As he said this, he put away the dimensional bag. Elizabeth pinched his elbow: "You are too arrogant. Remember, don't take out this dimensional bag without my permission in the future."
Wang: "Huh? It seems that I am the captain, right?"
Elizabeth: "I am your employer."
Wang: “Okay, I understand.”
At this time, the music started.
Bruce clapped his hands: "Okay, let's get started! According to the rules, I and the female dependents of the guest of honor should lead the dance. My sister, who is the guest of honor and acting hostess, is the second to enter the dance floor. However, today's situation is special, and the newly engaged woman is the one who enters the dance floor. The daughter of the Duke of Vale, Ruth takes over the duties of hostess!
"As for the guest of honor, of course it is my father-in-law who is getting engaged today!"
As he spoke, Bruce walked towards the Duchess of the Valley, his mother-in-law, and stretched out his hand: "Can I ask you to dance?"
Of course the Duchess was not fazed by this scene, she took Bruce's hand and stood up.
The Duke of the River Valley looked ashen as he walked up to his daughter and stretched out his hand to her.
Just like that, two pairs of guests of honor entered the dance floor and danced to the music.
Amidst the cheerful music, a young nobleman came to Elizabeth and asked, "Can you dance with me?"
Wang: "No, she can't go. She has to stay with me."
While saying this, he also put his arm around Elizabeth's shoulders, as if he was afraid that the girl would be snatched away.
The young noble waved his hand in displeasure, turned and left.
Elizabeth asked in a low voice: "You didn't let me go because you thought something would happen, right?"
"Otherwise? It's safe to stay with me. My intimidation just now should be somewhat effective." Wang continued to observe the entire dance.
The first song lasted for a full fifteen minutes. Except for the dancers, everyone else was holding wine glasses and discussing something while drinking. In the din, no one noticed the conversation between the king and Elizabeth.
When the song was playing to the end, the bard who had been thrown out by Gotrek in the Three Wild Boars Tavern appeared again in front of the king and princess.
"Hey!"
Wang was shocked when he saw him: "I like women! Men are too advanced for me!"
The bard looked confused: "What?"
Although Wang's reaction was baffling, the young man still introduced himself enthusiastically: "I may not have that much experience, and my music and performance skills are not very good, but I still hope to witness a legend!"
The king shook his head, pulled Elizabeth a little further away, and said to the bard: "If you want to see the legend, you will soon see it tonight."
Just at this time, the song ended. The band in the orchestra temporarily stopped playing to drink water and take a rest. At this time, it was time for the bards to appear.
For the banquet, Bruce invited all the bards in the city.
The young man rushed up to the stage where the minstrels were performing with his lute in hand and shouted: "Everyone! I, the lark of the Monrovia Conservatory of Music, will present you with a song suitable for a banquet!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of rain suddenly drifted in from the open window of the banquet hall. The servants immediately ran in and closed the rainy windows.
As a landowner, Elizabeth explained to the king: "It is early summer, and at this time it often rains heavily at night. This is normal."
At this time, Wang heard the Duke's fiancée exclaim from the host's table: "Dad!"
**
Go back a little bit in time.
After the first song, Bruce sent his mother-in-law back to her seat, then returned to his own seat and picked up the wine glass.
His new fiancée, Ruth, has been sent back to her place by her father.
"You are such a bad guy," said Ruth. "You actually came up with the idea of asking my dad to dance with me! The last time I danced with my dad, I was just a little girl!"
Bruce laughed: "You will thank me for my thoughtfulness in the future."
"You mean it? Is it a joke?" Ruth cursed, and then she suddenly noticed something.
She looked at Bruce's hand holding the wine glass solemnly, and gently opened the Duke's sleeves with her slender fingers.
Chainmail, the bright chainmail reflected the bright candlelight in the banquet hall.
Ruth looked at Bruce in disbelief: "You..."
Bruce smiled slightly: "I said you would thank me for my kindness in the future, right?"
Ruth stood up suddenly: "Dad!"
Bruce hugged her and covered his fiancée's mouth with a kiss.
The crowd was in an uproar at first, but then started to boo. Because the kiss attracted attention, no one noticed that the mage from the Duke of Vulture Valley suddenly covered his throat as if he was choking on cheese.
No one even knew that this cheese was specially prepared after getting the information that the mage liked cheese.
Just when the long kiss attracted everyone's attention, the maid who was serving Duke Milatheon a plate suddenly pulled out a dagger from under the plate, plunged it into the duchess's chest, and kept pulling out the knife and inserting it again.
There were more than a dozen bloody wounds on the Duchess' chest instantly, and the sorceress died before she could even scream.
The Duke's mage dropped the wine glass and was about to take action, but found that the spellcasting material package had been taken away at some point. He immediately turned to magic that only required gestures and words, but was suddenly gagged and stabbed several times on his waist.
The triggering technique was not activated because the equipment used for the triggering technique was a wooden figure carved by himself. This little figure must be on the mage for the triggering technique to take effect.
As long as the villain imbued with the trigger spell is stolen, the spell will be ineffective.
The Duke himself was the last to notice something strange. He only had time to shout "Assassin" before he was hit by seven or eight crossbow arrows.
At the same time, the crossbowmen on the second floor lowered their baffles and fired intensively at the targets below.
The only court mage who activated the triggering technique summoned seven illusions. As a result, under the crossbow arrows, all the illusions were destroyed in an instant, and the remaining crossbow arrows were all inserted into him.
The Duke and his relatives who were not the target of the attack reacted very quickly. After all, they were all experts who had been receiving anti-assassination training since childhood. Everyone fell to the ground.
Finally, Bruce's long kiss ended.
He threw away his new fiancee, who had been completely weakened by the unexpected situation, like a rag, picked up the wine glass on the table, and took a sip.
The other six electors and their families slowly got up from the ground and looked at the mess.
The bard standing on the bandstand was stunned with his lute in hand, his knees shaking uncontrollably.
Kassande, who was hiding somewhere, appeared. The king immediately recognized the spell-casting materials in his hand, which were materials needed for Druid magic specifically aimed at interfering with the mage's spell-casting.
Langdon's archmage was also holding a scroll, ready to tear it apart.
It seems that the whole process is too neat, and it is not the turn of the druid and the archmage to take action at all.
Bruce's fiancée finally reacted and yelled, "Murderer!"
Duke Langdon said leisurely: "You should thank me. Now you are the Duchess of the River Valley. Your and my children will rule the two duchies. Of course, we don't have children yet, and the River Valley still has to be managed by individuals." In a blink of an eye, I’ve already chosen a candidate.”
Fiancée: "Murder! I will not have a child with you!"
"What, Your Excellency the Duke of River Valley, do you want to break the engagement? In front of all the electors? No, this is not good. You must know that if your family dies, my fiancé will have the right to inherit."
The Duchess of the River Valley was so angry that her mouth trembled.
Bruce: "Come here, my fiancée seems to be very emotionally unstable. Take her down to take a sedative, and then take her to the bedroom and take good care of her."
The Duchess said angrily: "Shameless!"
Bruce poured himself some new wine and said with a smile: "It was your father who attacked us first. It's not your turn to be shameless."
Several burly maids appeared, force-fed the duchess medicine, and then led her away.
**
Elizabeth was in the king's arms, looking at the duchess who was being carried away, with sympathy on her face.
Wang reminded her: "This is an enemy. Although I think this is a bit cruel, the emperor really has no cards now."
**
At this moment, Luan's Archmage held the scroll nervously and stared directly at his master.
Duke Luan shook his head, then stepped forward and picked up the wine glass on the table.
He was the first of all the guests to leave the shelter of overturned tables.
Bruce looked at him calmly.
He raised his glass high and praised loudly: "Cheers to the winner!"
Bruce stood up slowly and raised his glass: "Cheers to our empire!"
"cheers!"
Outside the banquet hall, heavy rain poured down.
